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Roanoke Rapids Christmas Parade
1100 Hamilton St, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870, USAThe City of Roanoke Rapids has requested an SAR Color Guard lead the 2017 Christmas Parade. The parade will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, December 3, 2017. The Color Guard will assemble in the South parking lot of the Kirkwood Adams Center, 1100 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 at 1:15 and must be in place to march at 1:45. This is a 1.5 mile march.
A pre-event Dutch treat luncheon will be held at Ralph’s BBQ, 1400 Julian R. Allsbrook Road, Weldon, NC 27890, at 11:30. For further information, contact Ken Wilson at (252) 537-5406 or .
Annual NCSSAR Events
See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.
| 1 February 1781 | Battle of Cowan’s Ford | Huntersville, NC |
| 27 February 1776 | Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | Currie, NC |
| 15 March 1781 | Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greensboro, NC |
| 12 April 1776 | Adoption of the Halifax Resolves | Halifax, NC |
| 16 May | Battles of Alamance County | Burlington, NC |
| 20 May 1775 | Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence | Charlotte, NC |
| 20 June 1775 | Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves | Fayetteville, NC |
| 20 June 1780 | Battle of Ramsour’s Mill | Lincolnton, NC |
| 21 July 1780 | Battle of Colson’s Mill | Norwood, NC |
| 29 July 1781 | Attack at the House in the Horseshoe | Deep River, NC |
| 2 August 1781 | Battle of Rockfish Creek | Wallace, NC |
| 14 August 1775 | Issuance of the Tryon Resolves | Bessemer City, NC |
| 25-27 August 1774 | Issuance of the New Bern Resolves | New Bern, NC |
| 1 October 1780 | Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford | Morganton, NC |
| 7 October 1780 | Battle of Kings Mountain | Blacksburg, SC |
| 14 October 1780 | Battle of Shallow’s Ford | Huntsville, NC |